DocumentCode :
3218616
Title :
Application of Matlab to the vision-based navigation of UAVs
Author :
Chen, Y.C. ; Hsiao, F.Y. ; Shen, J.F. ; Hung, F.C. ; Lin, S.Y.
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. Eng., Tamkang Univ., Tamsui, Taiwan
fYear :
2010
fDate :
9-11 June 2010
Firstpage :
877
Lastpage :
882
Abstract :
The application of Matlab to the vision-based navigation of unmanned aerials vehicles (UAVs) is investigated in this paper. Speaking of hardware implementation, researchers conventionally turn to the C code. However, it is usually not easy as dealing with sophisticated algorithms. Alternatively, we think Matlab an ideal candidate to navigate and control UAVs, not only because of its powerful functions on matrix operation and image processing, but also due to its capability of collaboration with hardware. In this research, the UAV is navigated with vision-based equipments, and Matlab is selected as the platform of development, from analysis to the whole hardware hierarchy. Two types of navigation problems are introduced as potential applications, and corresponding navigation laws are proposed taking Matlab into account. Experiments are also designed to examine the results, and processing time and successful rate are introduced as indices of performance. It is shown that Matlab and the proposed navigation laws are ideal platform and algorithms, respectively, to navigate UAVs.
Keywords :
aerospace engineering; aircraft navigation; image processing; mathematics computing; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; Matlab; UAV control; image processing; matrix operation; unmanned aerials vehicle; vision based equipment; vision based navigation; Aerospace engineering; Aircraft navigation; Charge-coupled image sensors; Hardware; Image processing; Laboratories; Motion planning; Roads; Target tracking; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Hardware implementation; Matlab; Navigation; Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); Vision-based navigation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation (ICCA), 2010 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
ISSN :
1948-3449
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5195-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1948-3449
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICCA.2010.5524267
Filename :
5524267
Link To Document :
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